Table-cutlery.



No. 783,785. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. I. HIRSGH.

TABLE UUTLERY.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 27.1903.

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UlTED STATES Patented February 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

TABLE-OUTLEIRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 783,785, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed June 27, 1903. Serial Nov 163,294.

To It 1071 0772, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC HIRsoI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tablc-Cutlery, of which the following is a specil'ication.

My invention relates to improvements in table-cutlery, including knives and forks of the class presenting a handle, bolster, and characteristic knife-blade or characteristic pronged portion, as the case may be. Tablecutlery with the aforesaid characteristics is standard; and my object is to provide certain improveiinents therein with a view to cheap ening the construction and rendering the finished article particularlystrong, durable, and attractive.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a finished article of table-cutlery made in accordance with my improvements, showing the handle and knife-bolster, with a knife-blade, in full lines and a fork-substitute construction in dotted lines; Fig. 2, an enlarged broken view of the knife construction, showing the handle and bolster portions in section; Figs. 3 and 4, side and end views, respectively, of a turned forkbolster; and Figs. 5 and 6, similarviews of the same bolster pressed to render it oblong in For a knife the bolster may be of the short form shown by full lines in l ig. 1 and have a slot (1 in its end to receive the butt-end oi the kniie-blade, as shown in Fig, 2. For a fork the bolster may be longer to present the reduced neck portion 6.

The characteristic knife-blade A or pronged fork-section, as the case may be, is stamped or otherwise formed out of a suitable metal and has an integral, preferably flat-sided, tang It. The bolster B is turned in a lathe or screwmachine from preferably a steel rod-section or blank to a cylindrical shape, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4-, to present any suitable ex- 0 presents a surface to which a hollow handle C may be butt-welded. When the article is provided with a hollow handle, the tang (1/ need be no longer than the bolster, as indi-' cated by full lines in Fig. 2. When the article is provided with a mother-of-pearl or other solid handle, the tang a should be of a length sui'licient, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to form, with the flange c, a means for fastening the solid handle securely in place.

The method oi forming an article of tablecutlery by the process described presents advantages over all other processes of which I am aware, more especially in the matter ofreducing the cost of manufacture, and the linished article is particularly strong and durable in every way. When finished, the article has all the appearance of having been forged in one piece.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An article of table-cutlery which consists of a blade or prong portion having an integral flat-sided tang, a turned and flattened bolster having a central opening fitting tightly the flat-sided tang, and an independently-formed handle secured to the bolster.

ISAAC l-IIRSClrl.

In presence ol- WALTER N. WINnnRc, L. Heisman. 

